Stand for sad-irons.



C. F. SMITH.

STAND FOR SAD IRONS.

APPLICATION FILED 13110.16, 1912.

Patented June 30,1914.

' WITNESSES INVENTOR C. E Smith:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. SMITH, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPOR-ATICN OF CONNECTICUT.

STAND FOR SAD-IRONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914.

Application filed December 16, 1912 Serial No. 737,117."

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES F. SMrrH, a citizen of the United States, and a resldent of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stands for Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a stand or support for hot sad irons, and especially for electrical irons, in the use of which it is often desirable or convenient to set them down temporarily without shutting off the current. Such a stand must provide a secure holder for the iron and be so constructed that the'heat of the iron will not be transmitted downward to the table or other article upon which the stand rests.

The drawings represent a stand made in accordance with my invention, and show in Figure 1, a plan view of the device. Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3, a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow.

By reference to the drawings it will be seen that my stand comprises a pair of similarly shaped plates, 1, 2, spaced and connected together by the posts 3, formed by winding a wire into a close coil, the ends of these posts being secured in sleeves 4 attached to the plates. A simple, inexpensive and very satisfactory method of securing these sleeves to the plates consists in form ing ears 10-on the sleeves, which project through apertures 11 in the plates, and are then bent over to lock the sleeves in position, the diameter of the sleeves being slightly larger than the diameter of the apertures so as to have a bearing against the under sides of the plates.

The plates are conveniently shaped to the approximate form of a sad iron, and have upstanding side flanges 12 which are rolled over on the top so as to present a smooth bearing surface which will not scratch a table. The plates have upstanding projections, 14:, suitably arranged in their surfaces but of less height than the side flanges; the iron rests on these projections, and the area of contact between the plate and the iron is thus very materially reduced. The plates are oppositely arranged so far as the side flanges are concerned, providing a reversible stand which can be used with either side up.

The convolutions of the coiled wire forming the posts 3 do not contact with one another, and the wire should be of such size that the weight of the iron will not compress the coil to bring the convolutions in contact. It will thus be seen that heat from the iron traveling downwardly must traverse the entire length of the coiled wire before it reaches the lower plate, a distance many times greater than the distance between the two plates. It will further be noted that there is a free circulation of air between the plates and through the posts,

both longitudinally and transversely, tend- 'keep the posts cool. It will further be noted that there is a circulation of air underneath the iron, and between the lower plate and the surface upon which it rests, all of which tends to dissipate the heat and minimize the possibility of the lower plate becoming so hot as to injure the surface upon which it is placed.

I claim as my invention 1. A stand for sad irons comprising a holder plate and a base, and hollow posts secured at their ends to said plate about the edges of apertures therein, said posts providing a heat conduction path of greater length than the length of said posts, and spaced projections from the upper surface of the holder plate adapted to support a sad iron out of contact with the surface of said plate whereby free circulation of air is permitted over the surface of said plate and longitudinally through said posts.

2. A sad iron stand comprising a pair of similarly shaped but oppositely arranged plates having upstanding edge flanges and adapted to be interchangeably used as holder and base plates, posts connecting said plates and secured thereto about the edges of apertures therein, said posts being formed from spirally wound stock the convolutions of which are spaced from one another, and upstanding spaced projections in the faces of said plates to support an iron out of contact with the surface thereof, whereby free circulation of air is provided transversely of the posts and over the surfaces of the plates and longitudinally of the posts.

3. In an article of the character described, a holder plate and supporting posts therefor, and means for securing said posts to said plate comprising a tubular sleeve having a bearing against one surface of said plate, and fingers projecting from the end of said sleeve through apertures in the plate, 10 said fingers being bent over against the other surface of said plate to lock the sleeve in position.

CHARLES F. SMITH.

Witnesses E. A. HALL, F. S. ILLINGWORTI-I.

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